2012 TicketCity Bowl

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2012 TicketCity Bowl
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Houston Cougars Penn State Nittany Lions (12–1) (9–3) C-USA Big Ten 30 14 Head coach:  Tony Levine (interim) Head coach:  Tom Bradley (interim) AP Coaches BCS 20 17 19 AP Coaches BCS 24 23 22
1 2 3 4 Total Houston 17 7 3 3 30 Penn State 0 7 7 0 14
Date	January 2, 2012
Season	2011
Stadium	Cotton Bowl
Location	Dallas, Texas
MVP	Case Keenum (QB, Houston)[1]
Favorite	Houston by 6[2]
Referee	Jeff Maconaghy (Big East)
Attendance	46,817
Payout	US$1.2 million per team
United States TV coverage
Network	ESPNU
Announcers	Clay Matvick (Play-by-Play) Danny Kanell (Analyst) Lisa Salters (Sidelines)
Nielsen ratings	0.9
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The 2012 TicketCity Bowl, the second edition of the game, was a post-season American college football bowl game, held on January 2, 2012, at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas, as one of the 2011–12 NCAA football bowl games.

The game, which was telecast at 11:00 a.m. CT on ESPNU, featured the Houston Cougars from Conference USA versus the Penn State Nittany Lions from the Big Ten Conference. The Houston Cougars won, 30–14.

The 2012 TicketCity Bowl marked the head coaching debut of Tony Levine, and the last college game of quarterback Case Keenum.